Undergraduate Course: Gender and Justice (VS1) (LAWS10127)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Part-year visiting students only | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Law | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Examines differential patterns of criminal involvement between men and women and critically assesses explanations for these patterns. Provides an overview of the operation of the criminal justice system as it relates to gender, including an examination of: sentencing patterns; and the nature and effectiveness of penal regimes that have been developed for male and female offenders. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange  with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
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		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  09:00 - 10:50 |  |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	Monday 21st September 2009 is a university holiday | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
The course exposes students to a variety of criminological perspectives and aims to develop the students' ability to appraise arguments critically in terms of their logical coherence and the use made of evidence. It encourages them also to think about how the theoretical knowledge can be applied to practical problems.  
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Assessment Information 
Assessed essay (100%), of up to 15 pages.  
Format of pages must be as follows: 
Paper: A4 size, portrait form 
Font: Times New Roman 
Font size: 12 
Margins: All 1 inch (2.54 cm) 
Line spacing: 1.5 
Footnotes/endnotes font size: 10 
Page numbering: All pages should be numbered in the following style: "Page x of y" where x represents the page number and y the total number of pages. Such numbering should appear either at the very top or very bottom of each page. 
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Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Lesley Mcara 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2036 
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Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053 
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